Oxford University Press has selected ‘kindness’ as its Children’s Word of the Year for 2024. Chosen over contenders...
Dictionaries
Beyond ABC – achieving true literacy with dictionaries
Last year, 180 deserving schools and NPOs each received a trolley library.
Why ‘just Googling it’ won’t help your child understand words
Who needs a school dictionary these days? It’s easier to just google it, right? Wrong!
The Oxford World English Symposium 2022
The Oxford World English Symposium brought together Oxford University Press’ dictionary teams with academic researchers, teachers, lexicographers, and other language practitioners to share research findings, experiences, and insights on World Englishes, in order to come up with innovative approaches to the creation of dictionaries and other lexical resources.
The language of maths
Succeeding in mathematics (maths) depends greatly on how well you speak the language of maths.
The Oxford Illustrated Bilingual Maths Dictionary
Succeeding in mathematics (maths) depends greatly on how well you speak the language of maths. Imagine that you are presented with a test in a natural language you don’t speak.
Oxford Word of the Year 2021 is: VAX
Oxford Languages announces its 2021 Word of the Year, and the publication of the language report: VAX, a Report into the language of vaccines.
Step by Step: Using your Dictionary to Expand Topic Vocabulary
These days, there might only be one topic of conversation in the news, on social media, and in our own chats to friends and family.
The word “Vax” has been declared as the Oxford Dictionary Word of the Year.
The word “Vax” has been declared as the Oxford Dictionary Word of the Year. Dr. Phillip Louw Lexicographer at Oxford University Press SA joins Oggend Kuier show…
Aden at Heart FM chats to Lexicographer, Dr Phillip Louw (Oxford University Press)
Aden at Heart FM chats to Lexicologist, an expert in words and someone who is very influential in which words qualify to go into the Oxford dictionary, Dr Phillip Louw
Overview of the South African schooling system’s legal framework
A comprehensive and extended overview of the legal framework applicable to the South African Schooling System